Papua New Guinea - Population Growth 2012
2.79%
−0.13pp from 2011
Papua New Guinea's population growth was 2.79% in 2012, decreased +0.13pp from 2.92% in 2011. This was the 182nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Libya | -2.62% | -8.7% |
| 2nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.93% | -4.8% |
| 3rd | Palau | -1.75% | -0.2% |
| 4th | Albania | -1.54% | -473.6% |
| 5th | Lithuania | -1.30% | 42.6% |
| 6th | Latvia | -1.24% | 31.9% |
| 7th | Andorra | -1.23% | 66.7% |
| 8th | Marshall Islands | -0.94% | -258.4% |
| 9th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.88% | -5.5% |
| 10th | American Samoa | -0.74% | -22.7% |
| 11th | Georgia | -0.74% | 8.2% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | -0.70% | 21.9% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | -0.58% | 9.7% |
| 14th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.56% | -1.1% |
| 15th | Greece | -0.54% | -265.5% |
| 16th | Faroe Islands | -0.52% | -121.9% |
| 17th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.52% | -129.7% |
| 18th | Hungary | -0.52% | -82.3% |
| 19th | Serbia | -0.49% | 35.8% |
| 20th | Croatia | -0.47% | -37.4% |
| 21st | Romania | -0.45% | 9.5% |
| 22nd | Portugal | -0.41% | -175.6% |
| 23rd | North Macedonia | -0.39% | 14.5% |
| 24th | Estonia | -0.36% | -17.9% |
| 25th | Ukraine | -0.21% | 33.8% |
| 26th | Japan | -0.16% | 13.8% |
| 27th | Belarus | -0.16% | 33.2% |
| 28th | Greenland | -0.14% | -122.4% |
| 29th | Bermuda | -0.14% | -1,188.2% |
| 30th | Guam | -0.13% | -1,110.1% |
| 31st | Armenia | -0.13% | 77.4% |
| 32nd | Tonga | -0.10% | -164.7% |
| 33rd | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.09% | -52.4% |
| 34th | Isle of Man | -0.06% | -109.2% |
| 35th | Moldova | -0.01% | 77.3% |
| 36th | Poland | 0.00% | -100.4% |
| 37th | Cuba | 0.01% | -61.5% |
| 38th | Guyana | 0.02% | 104.4% |
| 39th | Spain | 0.06% | -81.7% |
| 40th | Dominica | 0.09% | -66.6% |
| 41st | Cabo Verde | 0.10% | -69.5% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 0.14% | -32.3% |
| 43rd | European Union | 0.15% | 197.3% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 0.17% | 32.0% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 0.17% | 16.8% |
| 46th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.18% | 21.3% |
| 47th | Germany | 0.19% | 110.1% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 0.21% | 1.1% |
| 49th | Fiji | 0.21% | -25.1% |
| 50th | Russian Federation | 0.25% | 113.1% |
| 51st | Nepal | 0.26% | -42.7% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.26% | 3.8% |
| 53rd | Italy | 0.27% | -21.0% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 0.28% | 73.2% |
| 55th | Barbados | 0.29% | -11.1% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.31% | 266.8% |
| 57th | Netherlands | 0.37% | -20.7% |
| 58th | Denmark | 0.38% | -8.6% |
| 59th | El Salvador | 0.39% | 8.6% |
| 60th | Ireland | 0.42% | -2.8% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 0.43% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.45% | 2.5% |
| 63rd | Austria | 0.46% | 35.3% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | 0.46% | -12.6% |
| 65th | Finland | 0.48% | 2.6% |
| 66th | France | 0.48% | 0.2% |
| 67th | French Polynesia | 0.50% | 17.8% |
| 68th | Korea | 0.53% | -31.6% |
| 69th | Iceland | 0.53% | 74.2% |
| 70th | Eswatini | 0.54% | -3.0% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.54% | -30.8% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 0.55% | -28.1% |
| 73rd | St. Martin (French part) | 0.56% | -3.4% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.62% | 40.4% |
| 75th | Thailand | 0.62% | -0.4% |
| 76th | Belgium | 0.62% | -52.3% |
| 77th | Channel Islands | 0.66% | -2.9% |
| 78th | China | 0.68% | 24.1% |
| 79th | United Kingdom | 0.71% | -8.9% |
| 80th | Sweden | 0.74% | -2.0% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 0.76% | 22.6% |
| 82nd | United States | 0.80% | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Brazil | 0.81% | -0.3% |
| 84th | Curaçao | 0.83% | -41.6% |
| 85th | Peru | 0.84% | 12.0% |
| 86th | Myanmar | 0.84% | 4.7% |
| 87th | Kosovo | 0.84% | 371.0% |
| 88th | Malta | 0.90% | 112.2% |
| 89th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.91% | 28.0% |
| 90th | Samoa | 0.91% | 4.7% |
| 91st | Liechtenstein | 0.95% | 17.9% |
| 92nd | Bangladesh | 0.96% | 5.5% |
| 93rd | Chile | 0.96% | -2.7% |
| 94th | Seychelles | 0.98% | 137.3% |
| 95th | Central African Republic | 1.00% | -37.2% |
| 96th | Bahamas, The | 1.00% | -13.0% |
| 97th | Colombia | 1.00% | -6.4% |
| 98th | Lesotho | 1.01% | 13.5% |
| 99th | Argentina | 1.03% | -3.5% |
| 100th | Switzerland | 1.06% | -4.5% |
| 101st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.07% | -9.3% |
| 102nd | Canada | 1.08% | 11.1% |
| 103rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.10% | 64.1% |
| 104th | Bhutan | 1.11% | 0.9% |
| 105th | Tunisia | 1.13% | 1.8% |
| 106th | Suriname | 1.14% | -0.9% |
| 107th | Gibraltar | 1.16% | -11.5% |
| 108th | Bahrain | 1.16% | 141.9% |
| 109th | Costa Rica | 1.17% | -0.7% |
| 110th | Viet Nam | 1.17% | 1.7% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 1.25% | -1.8% |
| 112th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.25% | 1.2% |
| 113th | Türkiye | 1.27% | -13.2% |
| 114th | Eritrea | 1.28% | -28.9% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 1.29% | 0.7% |
| 116th | Norway | 1.31% | 1.3% |
| 117th | Azerbaijan | 1.33% | 2.0% |
| 118th | Morocco | 1.34% | -2.0% |
| 119th | Mexico | 1.36% | -4.1% |
| 120th | India | 1.37% | -3.0% |
| 121st | Kazakhstan | 1.40% | 3.3% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 1.40% | -0.6% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | 1.41% | 6.0% |
| 124th | Jordan | 1.42% | -42.9% |
| 125th | Tuvalu | 1.42% | -8.6% |
| 126th | Lao PDR | 1.43% | -1.4% |
| 127th | Kiribati | 1.47% | -17.1% |
| 128th | Aruba | 1.47% | 99.5% |
| 129th | South Africa | 1.47% | 19.3% |
| 130th | Cambodia | 1.50% | -1.2% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 1.51% | -1.3% |
| 132nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.53% | -14.0% |
| 133rd | Haiti | 1.55% | 36.9% |
| 134th | Ecuador | 1.59% | -3.0% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.60% | -1.4% |
| 136th | Zimbabwe | 1.62% | -8.4% |
| 137th | Cyprus | 1.64% | -0.4% |
| 138th | Nauru | 1.66% | 203.9% |
| 139th | Botswana | 1.68% | -14.8% |
| 140th | Malaysia | 1.70% | -2.8% |
| 141st | Australia | 1.75% | 25.6% |
| 142nd | Panama | 1.76% | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Israel | 1.85% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.88% | 30.5% |
| 145th | New Caledonia | 1.89% | 0.7% |
| 146th | Mongolia | 1.90% | 9.9% |
| 147th | Djibouti | 1.90% | -2.5% |
| 148th | Pakistan | 1.91% | -14.8% |
| 149th | Philippines | 1.94% | -1.1% |
| 150th | Guatemala | 1.99% | -0.1% |
| 151st | Algeria | 1.99% | 1.8% |
| 152nd | Comoros | 2.01% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | 2.02% | -3.5% |
| 154th | Honduras | 2.02% | -2.1% |
| 155th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.09% | -3.9% |
| 156th | Sudan | 2.14% | 5.5% |
| 157th | Belize | 2.15% | -1.3% |
| 158th | Turkmenistan | 2.18% | 2.9% |
| 159th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.18% | 57.0% |
| 160th | Vanuatu | 2.20% | 1.3% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 2.20% | -5.5% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 2.23% | 29.8% |
| 163rd | Monaco | 2.23% | -4.5% |
| 164th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.24% | 6.7% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | 2.39% | 7.1% |
| 166th | Rwanda | 2.39% | -2.4% |
| 167th | Luxembourg | 2.40% | 8.0% |
| 168th | Ghana | 2.42% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Singapore | 2.45% | 17.7% |
| 170th | Guinea | 2.45% | -0.9% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 2.47% | -2.3% |
| 172nd | Sierra Leone | 2.53% | -3.0% |
| 173rd | San Marino | 2.57% | 230.2% |
| 174th | Kenya | 2.61% | -5.2% |
| 175th | Togo | 2.63% | -2.4% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.66% | 1.2% |
| 177th | Senegal | 2.68% | 5.9% |
| 178th | Lebanon | 2.70% | 150.5% |
| 179th | Cayman Islands | 2.71% | -1.2% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 2.77% | -2.6% |
| 181st | Nigeria | 2.77% | -1.0% |
| 182nd | Papua New Guinea | 2.79% | -4.4% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | 2.80% | -14.0% |
| 184th | Cameroon | 2.81% | -0.5% |
| 185th | Malawi | 2.87% | -1.5% |
| 186th | Mozambique | 2.87% | 3.0% |
| 187th | Tanzania | 2.88% | 2.9% |
| 188th | Uganda | 2.90% | -0.9% |
| 189th | Mali | 2.92% | -9.7% |
| 190th | Gambia, The | 2.95% | 0.8% |
| 191st | Benin | 2.97% | -0.3% |
| 192nd | Burkina Faso | 3.02% | 2.0% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | 3.04% | -0.4% |
| 194th | Zambia | 3.24% | -2.5% |
| 195th | Mauritania | 3.26% | 0.6% |
| 196th | Macao SAR, China | 3.28% | 41.2% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.34% | 1.8% |
| 198th | Maldives | 3.46% | -1.5% |
| 199th | Chad | 3.51% | -0.5% |
| 200th | Liberia | 3.53% | -9.8% |
| 201st | Burundi | 3.57% | -0.3% |
| 202nd | Gabon | 3.58% | 0.8% |
| 203rd | Solomon Islands | 3.67% | -0.3% |
| 204th | Niger | 3.77% | 1.4% |
| 205th | Angola | 3.88% | -0.1% |
| 206th | United Arab Emirates | 3.96% | 17.9% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 4.05% | 9.7% |
| 208th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.07% | 11.3% |
| 209th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.07% | -6.1% |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 4.20% | -7.4% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 4.45% | -17.8% |
| 212th | Iraq | 4.54% | 28.5% |
| 213th | British Virgin Islands | 5.54% | 50.9% |
| 214th | Qatar | 5.84% | 1,093.4% |
| 215th | Kuwait | 6.32% | 1.3% |
| 216th | Oman | 14.23% | 29.8% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's population growth in 2012?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth in 2012 was 2.79%. This ranked 182nd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's population growth change in 2012?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth decreased by 4.4% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2012?▾
Oman had the highest population growth in 2012 at 14.23%.
What is the population growth of Papua New Guinea in 2012?▾
The population growth of Papua New Guinea in 2012 was 2.79%. This ranked 182nd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Papua New Guinea's population growth?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth went from 2.92% in 2011 to 2.79% in 2012, a 4.4% decrease.
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